It became the best-selling computer RPG of the '80s, selling 407,000 copies, and The Bard's Tale went on to spawn a trilogy.

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As the video game industry began to pick up in the '80s, it began branching into a multitude of genres, including horror. From titles that used common genre aesthetics, like haunted houses and creepy ...